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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, AUGUST 16, 1985
the Pasadena campus, we plan to enroll only about 130 freshmen, or about 30
less than last year.
The smaller freshman enrollment at Pasadena is due to the fact that we
decided to accept more of the two-year graduates (A.A. and A.S.) from Big
Sandy and Pasadena than we originally planned. Since a number of the two
year graduates had very good faculty recommendations, but would have been
denied entrance into the four-year program if we took only about 50% of
them, we felt, and Mr. Armstrong agreed, that it would be much wiser to
accept a larger group and cut down on the size of the Pasadena freshman
class.
We feel that if students show good potential, it is far better to let them
go into the four-year program and build on their two-year foundation. By
doing so, they will become more valuable employees serving in God's Work,
or will be more valuable in the local congregations.
This summer we have again sent many Ambassador College students and faculty
members to serve in numerous places around the world. Seven Pasadena fac
ulty members served at SEP in Orr, and one served at the Big Sandy SEP camp.
During the summer, eight students were sent to German-speaking areas of
Europe; seven were sent to French-speaking areas of the Continent; and four
were·sent to Mexico to study Spanish. About 50 students and faculty members
spent the summer at the Jerusalem Dig, eight students were in China study
ing Chinese, two were in Thailand, and one student and one graduate were in
Sri Lanka. Eight students are now in Jordan assisting Mr. and Mrs. Weber.
Also during the summer, we had six Chinese and 73 Japanese students study
ing English here at the Pasadena campus. On Thursday, August 15, a banquet
was held at Ambassador College at which the six Chinese students and the
Ambassador students who had just returned from China dined together, along
with various College officials.
We are thankful that a number of Ambassador College students receive the
opportunity to travel to many countries around the world. Mr. Armstrong
has always stressed the importance of travel in helping our students under
stand more about other peoples, nations, languages and cultures.
All of us at Pasadena eagerly look forward to another fantastic college
year. We hope it will be the best and most fruitful year the College has
ever had. Please continue to remember the faculty and administration at
both campuses in your prayers. We are happy to have been given the price
less privilege of training the precious young people of God's Church. We
sincerely pray that we will go above and beyond the call of duty in helping
prepare these young people to go out into the world and set a proper exam
ple. And we are happy to know that many of these young people will be hired
full time by the Church after graduation, thereby serving the ever-growing
needs of the Work of the living God.
I hope all of you have had a very busy, productive and enjoyable summer.
Those of us serving here in Pasadena always look forward to and enjoy seeing
you ministers and your wives from around the world come to Pasadena for the
Ministerial Refreshing Program.
--Raymond F. McNair, Deputy Chancellor